Gondola · Santiago, Chile
Teleférico de Santiago
Teleférico de Santiago is a gondola near Santiago, Chile. It climbs 213 m over 2.02 km, from 625 m to 837 m above sea level. Between its 14 pylons, the cable runs up to about 46 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
38/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Teleférico de Santiago is scarier than 38% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 2 of 5 in Chile.
- Highest above the ground: about 46 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 1.69 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 341 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico de Santiago is near Santiago, Chile, at 625 m above sea level (33.41455° S, 70.61553° W). From there it runs 2.02 km up to the top station at 837 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1980
- Operator
- Turistik
- Capacity
- 6,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 8 min
Nearby lines
- Teleférico Pío Nono gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 191 m
- Funicular de Santiago funicular · 1.4 km away · rises 82 m
- Teleférico Bicentenario gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 115 m
- Ascensor Cerro 18 funicular · 13.1 km away · rises 98 m
- Bajo Cero gondola · 35.3 km away · rises 159 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.